[INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CASE STUDY] QUESTION 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are the two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. After dealing with inflation and a bad economic depression during the final year of President Sukarno in the early 1960s‚ Indonesia experienced rapid and lasting economic growth for three decades
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government of Indonesia to succeed Mr. Lumenta as President Director of Garuda Indonesia Airways. In spite of the rapid growth in both passengers the traffic and fleet during the oil boom of the 1970’s‚ thus making it the "largest airline in the Southern Hemisphere"‚ Garuda‚ as it was known then‚ had been plagued by a bad reputation as well as heavy losses year after year. Having been a member of Mr. Lumenta’s management team of Garuda since November 17‚ 1984‚ Mr. Soeparno had the opportunity
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Case Study: Citibank N.A. in China This case study deals with the decision to structure an overseas banking operation and how this decision is affected by a number of variables‚ which among others include the bank internal resources and experience‚ tax considerations‚ and most importantly the host country’s banking laws. In 1997 Citibank was still at an early stage of its China strategy. It was one of the strongest banks operating in the People’s Republic of China‚ but as a foreign bank it only had
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Indonesia Case Discussion Questions: 1. What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The major political factor affecting Indonesia’s poor economic performance is corruption. Indonesia was run by President Suharto for 30 years. Under his dictatorial rule corruption was rampant at all levels of government. While the country today is democratically run‚ the culture of corruption still pervades. Excessive bureaucracy coupled with
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untapped rural market and product repositioning. Situational Analysis Context: Gillette is on the throes of capturing 50% of the market share in Indonesia and market expansion is a priority. However‚ personal grooming products are regarded as a luxury by many. Company: A world leader in consumer product categories like blades and razors‚ Gillette aims at expanding its business operations and dominate all markets it has operations in. In Indonesia where incidence of shaving is relatively low‚ it is facing
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Kanthal Case Study Solutions INTRODUCTION: Kanthal is company that specializes in the production and sales of electrical resistance heating elements. Kanthal has about 10‚000 customers and they produce about 15‚000 items. The company consists of three divisions and these three divisions are as follows: 1)Kanthal Heating Technology - 25% global market share 2)Kanthal Furnace Products - 40% global market share 3)Kanthal Bimetals - Manufacturer of one of the few fully integrated temperature control
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1. Analysis of Budget Process at Citibank Direction and control of Citibank’s international branches are conducted via two formal management processes. Each year‚ top management sets sovereign risk limits for its independent branches based on proposals by country managers. Country managers may choose to operate with self-imposed limits below this upper guideline. Following‚ there is the budget setting process‚ where headquarters only provides administrative guidelines but not specific targets‚ with
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MIS 760 – IT Strategy Case Study: Citibank’s E-Business Strategy for Global Corporate Banking Please prepare an analysis of this case. Your write-up should be 4 to 7 pages. Each of the following questions should be addressed individually: 1. What are the impacts of the internet on the competitive landscape of corporate banking? (Hint: use Porters 5 forces) The statements below are the impacts of the internet on the competitive landscape of corporate banking: * Intense competition which
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2014). As for the basic solution to individual recognition‚ “You don’t want to design a process in which managers select the people to receive recognition. Employees will see this type of process forever as managerial favoritism. Or‚ they will talk about it in words such as‚ "Oh‚ it’s your turn to get recognized this month”. This is why processes that single out an individual‚ such as Employee of the Month‚ are rarely effective” (Heathfield‚ 2016). The basic solution for the size and composition
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Harvard Business Case: Pillsbury Cookie Challenge 1. What are the challenges that Ivan Guillen faces in his role as the marketing manager of the RBG business? What is the team currently doing to support the RBG cookies segment? Who is the team currently targeting? Mr. Guillen is facing the problem regarding the growth of volume in the segment of the Refrigerated Baked Goods (RBG). His main concern was that as the refrigerated cookie sector is the most profitable and in contrast to market volume
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